In 1990, the various air arms of the former German Democratic Republic were absobed by their counterparts in the Federal Republic of Germany. Some types that had been operated by the GDR were, of course, no longer in service at this point, and these are so noted.

Table of contents

1 Fighters and Interceptors 1.1 Before 1919 1.2 1919-1945 1.3 1946 onwards 2 Bombers and ground attack 2.4 Before 1919 2.5 1919-1945 2.6 1946 onwards 3 Patrol and Reconnaisance 3.7 Before 1919 3.8 1919-1945 3.9 1946 onwards 4 Transports and Utility 4.10 1919-1945 4.11 1946 onwards 5 Trainers 5.12 Before 1919 5.13 1919-1945 5.14 1946 onwards 6 Helicopters 6.15 1919-1945 6.16 1946 onwards 7 Experimental and Research 7.17 1919-1945 7.18 1946 onwards 8 Other 8.19 1919-1945 8.20 1946 onwards 9 Unproduced prototypes 9.21 1919-1945

Fighters and Interceptors

• Albatros D.I
• Albatros D.II
• Albatros D.III
• Albatros D.V
• Aviatik C.VI
• Damiler L.6
• Fokker D.I
• Fokker D.II
• Fokker D.III
• Fokker D.IV
• Fokker D.V
• Fokker D.VI
• Fokker D.VII
• Fokker D.VIII
• Fokker Dr.I
• Fokker E.I
• Fokker E.III
• Fokker E.IV
• Fokker E.V
• Halberstadt D.II
• Junkers D.I
• Kondor D.VI
• Kondor E.III
• Naglo D.II
• Pfalz D.III
• Pfalz D.XII
• Pfalz Dr.I
• Pfalz E.I
• Pfalz E.II
• Roland D.II
• Roland D.VI
• Siemens-Schuckert D.I
• Siemens-Schuckert D.II
• Siemens-Schuckert D.III
• Siemens-Schuckert D.IV
• Zeppelin-Lindau D.I

• Arado Ar 64, fighter (biplane)
• Arado Ar 65, fighter/trainer (biplane - re-engined Ar 64)
• Arado Ar 66, trainer + night fighter
• Arado Ar 67, fighter (biplane) (prototype)
• Arado Ar 68, fighter (biplane)
• Arado Ar 76, fighter (biplane) + trainer
• Arado Ar 80, fighter (prototype
• Arado Ar 197, naval fighter (biplane - derived from Ar 68)
• Arado Ar 240, heavy fighter + attack
• Arado Ar 440, heavy fighter + attack
• Blohm und Voss Bv 40, glider interceptor
• Blohm und Voss Bv 155, high-altitude interceptor (formerly Me 155)
• Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Adder or Viper), interceptor (rocket-engine)
• Dornier Do 10, (Do C1) fighter (prototype), 1931
• Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow), fighter-bomber (push-pull engine configuration)
• Dornier Do 435
• Dornier Do 635
• Fieseler Fi 98, biplane fighter, 1936
• Focke-Wulf Fw 57, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype)
• Focke-Wulf Ta 152, fighter (derived from Fw 190)
• Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito (Mosquito), night-fighter
• Focke-Wulf Fw 159, fighter (prototype only)
• Focke-Wulf Ta 183, jet-engined fighter (prototype)
• Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke (Falcon), heavy fighter
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger (butcher-bird), fighter
• Gotha Go 229, fighter (flying-wing)
• Heinkel He 37, fighter (biplane)
• Heinkel He 38, fighter (biplane)
• Heinkel He 43, fighter (biplane)
• Heinkel He 49, fighter (biplane)
• Heinkel He 51, fighter + close-support (biplane)
• Heinkel He 100, fighter
• Heinkel He 112, fighter
• Heinkel He 113, (alternative designation for He 100)
• Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (People's Fighter), fighter (jet-engined)
• Heinkel He 219 Uhu (Owl), night-fighter
• Heinkel He 280, fighter (jet-engined)
• Henschel Hs 121, fighter + trainer (prototype)
• Henschel Hs 124, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype)
• Henschel Hs 125, fighter + trainer (prototype)
• Junkers Ju 248, re-designation of Me 263
• Messerschmitt Bf 109, fighter (later versions designated as Me 109)
• Messerschmitt Bf 110, heavy fighter + night-fighter
• Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet), interceptor (rocket-engined)
• Messerschmitt Me 209, fighter + speed-record aircraft (prototype)
• Messerschmitt Me 209-II, fighter (prototype - completely different to Me 209)
• Messerschmitt Me 210, heavy fighter + reconnaissance
• Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow), fighter + attack (jet-engined)
• Messerschmitt Me 263, interceptor (rocket-engined)
• Messerschmitt Me 309, fighter (prototype)
• Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet), heavy fighter + reconnaissance
• Messerschmitt Me 609 heavy fighter + bomber (project)

• Eurofighter Typhoon
• Hawker Sea Hawk
• Lockheed F-104FF, G, TF-104G Starfighter
• McDonnell-Douglas F-4EE, F, RF-4E Phantom II
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis, UTI (DDR only)
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F, PF (DDR only)
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19PF, PFM, PM, S, SF (DDR only)
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis, F, F-13, FL, M, MF, PF, PFM, PFS, RF, SMB, SMT, SPS, SPSK, UM, US, USM, UTI
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN, MF, ML, PFM, S, UB
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29, -29UB
• North American/Canadair Sabre 5, 6, F-86K
• Republic F-84 Thunderstreak, RF-84F Thunderflash
• Sukhoi Su-20
• Sukhoi Su-22, -22UM

• Arado Ar 234 Blitz ('Lightning'), bomber (jet-engined)
• Blohm und Voss Ha 140, torpedo bomber flying-boat (prototype)
• Dornier Do 11, (Do F) medium bomber, 1931
• Dornier Do 13, medium bomber, 1933
• Dornier Do 17, Flying Pencil, mail-plane + bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter
• Dornier Do 18, bomber + reconnaissance flying-boat, 1935
• Dornier Do 19, quad-engined heavy bomber (prototype)
• Dornier Do 22, torpedo bomber + reconnaissance flying-boat
• Dornier Do 23, medium bomber
• Dornier Do 215, bomber + night-fighter
• Dornier Do 217, bomber + night-fighter
• Dornier Do 317
• Fieseler Fi 167, ship-borne torpedo bomber + reconnaissance (biplane)
• Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu (Owl), ground-attack
• Heinkel He 45, bomber + trainer
• Heinkel He 50, reconnaissance + dive bomber (biplane)
• Heinkel He 111, bomber
• Heinkel He 177 Greife (Griffon), long-range bomber
• Heinkel He 274, high-altitude bomber
• Heinkel He-343
• Henschel Hs 123, ground-attack (biplane)
• Henschel Hs 127, jet-engined bomber (prototype)
• Henschel Hs 129, ground-attack
• Henschel Hs 130, high altitude reconnaissance + bomber (jet engined) (prototype)
• Henschel Hs 132, dive bomber (jet-engined) (prototype)
• Junkers Ju 86, bomber + reconnaissance
• Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, dive-bomber
• Junkers Ju 88, bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter
• Junkers Ju 89, heavy bomber (prototype)
• Junkers Ju 90, bomber (prototype)
• Junkers Ju 188, Rächer (Raecher), bomber
• Junkers Ju 287, heavy bomber (jet-engined) (prototype)
• Junkers Ju 288, bomber (prototype)
• Junkers Ju 290, long-range bomber (prototype)
• Junkers Ju 390, long-range bomber
• Junkers Ju 488, heavy bomber
• Messerschmitt Bf 162, bomber (prototype)
• Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika (America), long-range bomber (prototype)

• Douglas A-26 Invader
• English Electric Canberra B.2
• Ilyushin Il-28, -28U (DDR only)
• Panavia Tornado IDS, ECR

• Arado Ar 95, coastal patrol + attack (biplane seaplane)
• Arado Ar 196, ship-borne reconnaissance + coastal patrol (seaplane)
• Arado Ar 198, reconnaissance
• Arado Ar 231, fold-wing U-boat reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
• Blohm und Voss Bv 138, flying-boat (early versions designated as Ha 138)
• Blohm und Voss Bv 141, reconnaissance (asymmetric)
• Blohm und Voss Bv 142, reconnaissance + transport
• Blohm und Voss Bv 238, flying-boat (prototype
• DFS 228, rocket-powered reconnaisance aircraft (prototype only)
• Dornier Do 15, Wal (Whale), reconnaissance flying-boat
• Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Stork), STOL reconnaissance aircraft
• Focke-Wulf Fw 62, ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
• Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor (Condor), transport + maritime patrol-bomber
• Focke-Wulf Fw 300 proposed long-range version of Fw 200
• Focke-Wolf Fw-400
• Gotha Go 147, STOL reconnaissance (prototype)
• Heinkel He 46, reconnaissance
• Heinkel He 59, reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
• Heinkel He 60, ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
• Heinkel He 114, reconnaissance seaplane
• Heinkel He 116, transport + reconnaissance
• Henschel Hs 126, reconnaissance
• Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker, reconnaissance + night-fighter
• Messerschmitt Bf 163 STOL reconnaisance aircraft (prototypes only)
• Messerschmitt Me 261, long-range reconnaissance
• Messerschmitt Me 290, maritime patrol + bomber + reconnaissance
• Siebel Si 201, STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)

• Boeing EC-135
• Breguet Atlantic I
• Fairey Gannet A.S.4, T.5
• Grob Egrett II
• Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
• North American OV-10 Bronco

• Arado Ar 232, transport
• Blohm und Voss Ha 139, long-range seaplane
• Blohm und Voss Bv 144, transport
• Blohm und Voss Bv 222 Wiking (Viking), transport flying-boat
• DFS 230, transport glider
• DFS 331, transport glider (prototype)
• Dornier Do 12, Libelle seaplane
• Dornier Do 14, seaplane (prototype)
• Dornier Do 214, transport flying-boat (prototype)
• Gotha Go 146, small transport (twin-engine) , 1935
• Gotha Go 242, transport glider
• Gotha Go 244, transport
• Gotha Go 345, assault glider
• Gotha Ka 430, transport glider
• Heinkel He 70, "Blitz" (Lightning), single-engine transport + mailplane, 1932
• Heinkel He 115, general-purpose seaplane
• Junkers Ju W34, transport
• Junkers Ju 52 Tante Ju (Auntie Ju), transport + bomber
• Junkers Ju 252, transport
• Junkers Ju 352 Herkules (Hercules), transport
• Klemm Kl 31, single-engine transport, 1931
• Klemm Kl 32, single-engine transport, 1931
• Klemm Kl 36, single-engine transport, 1934
• Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant (Giant), transport glider
• Siebel Fh 104 Hallore, medium transport
• Siebel Si 204, transport + aircrew trainer

• Airbus A310
• Airbus A400M
• Antonov An-2, -2S, -2T, -2TD (DDR only)
• Antonov An-12
• Antonov An-14 (DDR only)
• Antonov An-26
• Boeing 707
• Boeing 737-100
• Bristol Sycamore
• Canadair Challenger
• Convair Samaritan
• de Havilland Heron 2D
• Dornier Do DS-10
• Dornier Do 27A, B
• Dornier Do 28A-1, D "Skyservant"
• Dornier Do 228-201
• Dornier Do 29
• Dornier Do 31E
• Dornier Do 32E
• Dornier Do 34
• Douglas C-47 Dakota
• Douglas DC-6B
• Grumman HU-16 Albatross
• HFB Hansajet
• Ilyushin Il-14 (DDR only)
• Ilyushin Il-18 (DDR only)
• Ilyushin Il-62
• Learjet 35A, 36A
• LET Brigadyr (DDR only)
• LET Turbolet
• Lockheed C-140 Jetstar
• Nord Noratlas
• Percical Pembroke C.54, C.I
• Polikarpov Po-2 (DDR only)
• Putzer Elster B
• Transall C-160A
• Tupolev Tu-124 (DDR only)
• Tupolev Tu-134
• Tupolev Tu-154M
• Yakovlev Yak-40 (DDR only)

• Albatros Al 101
• Albatros Al 102
• Albatros Al 103
• Arado Ar 69, trainer (biplane) (prototypes), 1933
• Arado Ar 96, trainer
• Arado Ar 199, seaplane trainer
• Arado Ar 396, trainer
• Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann (Young Man), trainer (biplane)
• Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister (Young Champion), trainer + aerobatics (biplane)
• Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann (Bestman), trainer + transport
• Fieseler Fi 5 (F-5) acrobatic sportsplane + trainer, 1933
• Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz (Goldfinch), trainer (biplane)
• Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser (Falcon Hawk), trainer (parasol monoplane)
• Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe (Kite), transport + trainer
• Gotha Go 145, trainer
• Heinkel He 72 Kadett (Cadet), trainer
• Heinkel He 74, fighter + advanced trainer (prototype)
• Heinkel He 172, trainer (prototype)
• Klemm Kl 35, sportplane + trainer, 1935
• Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun (Typhoon), trainer + transport
• Siebel Si 202 "Hummel" sportplane + trainer, 1938

• Aero Albatros
• Aero Delfin (DDR only)
• Aero Super Aero 45S (DDR only)
• Akaflieg München Mü-13A
• Cessna T-37B
• Dassault Breguet Dornier Alpha Jet 1A
• Fiat G.91 R-3, R-4, T-1
• Fouga Magister, Potez-Heinkel CM-191
• Lockheed T-33A
• MBB Fan Ranger 2000
• North American T-6 Texan
• Piaggio P.149D
• Pilatus PC-9
• Piper Super Cub
• RFB Fantrainer
• Siat Flamingo
• Yakovlev Yak-11 (DDR only)
• Yakovlev Yak-18 (DDR only)
• Zlin Z43 (DDR only)

• Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird), reconnaissance helicopter
• Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (Kite), transport helicopter (prototype
• Focke Achgelis Fa 266 Hornisse (Hornet), helicopter (prototype)
• Focke Achgelis Fa 330, helicopter (prototype)
• Focke Achgelis Fa 336 scout helicopter (prototype), 1944
• Focke-Wulf Fw 61, helicopter (prototype)
• Focke-Wulf Fw 186, autogiro reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)

• Aérospatiale Alouette II
• Aérospatiale Dauphin N4
• Aérospatiale Djinn
• Aérospatiale Puma
• Aérospatiale Super Puma
• Aérospatiale Cougar
• Bell 47GG-2
• Bell UH-1 Iroquois/Bell 205/212
• Bölkow Bö 46
• Eurocopter Tiger
• Hiller UH-12C
• Kamov Ka-29
• MBB Bö 102
• MBB Bö 103
• MBB Bö 105A, BSH-1, C, M, VBH, P, PAH-1
• MBB Bö 106
• MBB Bö 115
• MBB/Kawasaki BK117A-3M
• Merckle SM 67
• Mil Mi-1 (DDR only)
• Mil Mi-2
• Mil Mi-4 (DDR only)
• Mil Mi-8, TB, S, Mi-9, Mi-17
• Mil Mi-14BT, PL
• Mil Mi-24
• NHI 90
• Saro Skeeters Mk,50, Mk.51
• Sikorsky CH-34AA, C, G
• Westland Sea King HAS.41
• Sikorsky Skycrane
• Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
• Vertol H-21 Shawnee
• Wallis Venom
• Westland Lynx HAS 88

• DFS 39, Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
• DFS 40, Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
• DFS 194, rocket-powered research aircraft, forerunner of Me 163
• DFS-332
• DFS 346, supersonic research aircraft (incomplete prototype only)
• Göppingen Gö 9 development aircraft for Do 335 Pfiel
• Heinkel He 176, rocket-engined experimental aircraft (prototype)
• Heinkel He 178, jet-engined experimental aircraft

• DFS Mo 6, target glider (prototypes only), 1936

• Gloster Meteor TT.20
• Hawker Sea Fury TT.20